Psst - This section will contain some inside trivia about the film.
Quotes - Good one liners from the movie.
Oops - Goofs From the movie.
Director ? Steven Soderbergh
Sreenplay ? George Johnson, Jack Russel & George Nolfi
Its 3 and a Half years since Oceans 11 have pulled the biggest heist in USA by robbing 3 of Las Vegas?s biggest Casinos ina single night. All of them are now leading quite independent life. Not Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). He Wants the money back. He wants all the money plus interest. He has given each and every one of them a time of 14 days to return the money or else face dire consequences.
All of the gang meet up. Rusty (Bradd Pitt), Daniel Ocean(George Clooney), Vigil(Cassey Affleck), Frank(Bernie Mac), Basher(Don Cheadle), Linus(Matt Damon), Saul(Carl Reiner), Turk(Scott Cann), Livingston(Edward Jemison), yen(Shaobo Qin) and Reuben(Elliot Goukld).
Rusty comes up with an idea to pull up an heist in Amsterdam. Everyone except Saul Joins in. But there are 2 issues.
The first one is that Amsterdam just happens to be the place where Rusty?s ex-flame Isabel(Catherine Zeta Jones) stays and who just happens to be an Europol Police detective. The Second Issue is that Ocean?s 11 (Well Now 10) are not the only one out to pull an heist. They have competition from a mysterious thief Black Fox (Jeroen Krabbe).
The entire movie now revolves around the constant Spy vs Spy conflict on how to pull the heist. This is further spoilt when the 7 of Ocean?s 10 get arrested and then Saul and Tess have to come to pull the heist. Though the movie is not as fast paced as ocean?s 11, it still has some very funny dialogues and one liners.
Superb Cinematography by Chris Connier and Steven Soderbergh (Who also directed the movie). Wonderful background Music by David Holmes. Watch out for some amazing cameos and the hilarious scene where Tess goes to the Roman Art Musueum. Wonderful though not as charming as the prequel. A must watch for all George Clooney fans.
Psst ?
1) The director wanted the movie to be made on the exact same budget as Oceans 11 and since most of the shooting took place in 3 countries in Europe, the entire cast unitedly decided to have a paycut.
2) George Clooney was one of the executive producer.
3) At one time while shooting in Rome, George Clooney and Bradd Pitt weren?t allowed by the hotel doorman because he thought they were crazy fans running after the actor when actually they were jogging and returning back to the hotel as it started raining heavily.
4) Once while shooting in Holland, there was a major technical snag by the film crew in the train which lead to trains being delayed throughout the country for more then 2 hours.
5) At one point of time, while shooting in Sicily, security had to be increased as there were members of the Famous Mafia roaming in and around the shooting area.
6) Some scenes of Amsterdam were shot in Harlem (New York)
7) Matt Damon wanted his part to be small as he was simultaneously shooting for the Bourne Supremacy and it would have been too hectic of a schedule for him. The director didn?t listen and gave him a much longer part.
8) The original script was written for a film to be directed by John Woo. The writer then decided to use the script for Steven Soderbergh when he decided to make a sequel for Oceans 11.
9) At one point during shooting one girl in the Italian crew asked George Clooney How old was he. He liked that part so much that he decided to use that in the hilarious scene in the Station.
10) Movie was realased simultaneously everywhere in the world onm 10th December 2004.
Quotes ?
1) ?I want my money back. The money that your friends stole from me. 160 million dollars, with interest. I’m not the only person in the world looking for Ocean’s Eleven.?
2) ?Look, it’s not in my nature to be mysterious. I can’t talk about it, and I can’t talk about why.?
3) ?I want it all back; Okay, because I have a whole network.; Get out of my car; Thank you?
4) ?You’re going to have to play a small role in this thing.?
5) ?What are we stealing??
6) ?How old do you think I am? 48??
Oops ? Although I didn?t find any goofs in the movie. I may have missed on some continuity glitches or some other goofs. Please let me know if you do find any.